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SCMP Reporter

Reading comprehension
1 According to the article, what kind of jobs do migrant workers do?
 a. They work as street hawkers
 b. They work in factories.  
 c. They work as cleaners.
 d. They work as drivers
 2 Which of the following is not evidence of rural families leading better lives?
 a. Owning an iPhone
 b. Owning a car
 c. Owning a big colour television 
 d. Owning a two-storey concrete home
 3 Lu Yilong, a social scientist in Beijing, is worried that ...
 a. rural income is growing faster than urban income.
 b. rural income is growing too slowly.
 c. rural income is being spent  on building roads.
 d. rural income will suffer if there is a  drop in urban income.
 4 Which of the following is not true about  rural villagers?
 a. They depend on family members who work in the cities.  
 b. They  receive health care and education subsidies from the government.
 c. They do not want to work on farms.
 d. They no longer need to pay agricultural tax.
Think about
1 What do you think the central government should do  to reduce the wealth gap between  urban and rural areas and within rural areas?
2 What social problems do you think can develop when parents leave the countryside to work in big cities? How does the situation affect their children?  
3 Farmers produce most of the food on the mainland, yet they live in poverty. Why do they have to depend on family members who work in the cities?
Vocabulary
1 Only .................... are able to afford a luxury car in Hong Kong. 
2 If you want me to believe you, you  have to  give me some ................... 
3 The government's move to raise income taxes  has ...................  in different sectors of  society.
Answers:
Reading comprehension: 1. b, 2. a, 3. d, 4. c
Vocabulary: 1. better-off families, 2. evidence, 3. stirred discontent 



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